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"Sometimes you have muscle pain but nothing like this": Van Gerwen set for further medical checks ahead of Premier League play-offs
PDCFriday, 19 May 2023 at 10:30
For Michael van Gerwen, a nervous wait is set ahead of the play-offs after a sudden shoulder injury which saw him withdraw from his semi-final on Night 16 of the Premier League Darts.
Van Gerwen was cruising against Chris Dobey, but then suddenly felt his shoulder and winced every time he threw. He still got over the line albeit in visible pain.
Due to face Dimitri van den Bergh, he tried to play and even won the bull but withdrew from the semi-final late on. He will now undergo further medical checks with the aim of next week's play-offs.
This will also likely rule out the ProTour this weekend which heads to Leicester from Saturday onwards.
"Sometimes you have muscle pain but nothing like this - I don't know exactly what happened," said Van Gerwen to Viaplay.
"I had a good feeling when I was leading 5-0, but from that moment it got worse and worse.
"It sort-of felt like a heavy arm. I've just spoken to the medical people and they said it was some kind of muscle strain, nothing serious.
"I won the bull against Dimitri for the semis and I was going to play, but it didn't feel good. With next week coming up I didn't want to take any risk - that's really important and I'm going to focus on that.
"I want to make the right decisions and I don't think it's the right decision to play now.
"I think for me at the moment it's important to take some rest and have somebody look at it because next week is so important."
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